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Hon’ble Home Minister at the Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan Finale

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MagazineVolume-16 | May2020

National Mission for Clean GangaDEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATIONMinistry of Jal ShaktiGovernment of India

Editorial

New developments under Namami Gange

Ganga Vichar Manch review

Interaction with Ganga Praharis

Arth Ganga

Small rivers rejuvenation efforts

Finale of Ganga Amantran Abhiyaan

Ganga Quest 2020

NYKS activities – a feature

Covid -19 warriors of Namami Gange

Important meetings and engagements

Ganga Knowledge Centre – A series

Paintings and Poems on Ganga

Species Richness – Crocodile

Partner Series – CSE

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#Feedback on 15th Edition

Namami Gange Patrika is a beautiful magazine which covers every aspect of the mission. Even at a glance, you get to know the many initiatives taken by NMCG.

It's an excellent way to keep the readers updated

on the successful collaborations, new ideas and the progress of the

projects. The photographs and articles have been

curated very well. And the editorial team's hardwork

and perseverance is reflected in the quality of

the magazine. Kudos to the team and editor. Would love to read more and I hope other government magazines follow your

example.- Meenakshi Payal

Mojarto

Rajiv Ranjan MishraDirector General, NMCGChief Editor

Rozy AgarwalExecutive Director, (Finance)Senior Editor

Binod KumarDirector (Project)Associate Editor

Sanjam ChimaMedia Coordinator

Pratima Marwah Design and Development Coordinator

Rajesh KumarDesign and Development Support

Athrava RajCompilation and Coordination

Melvin LakraProject Coordinator

Kritika MadanCreatives CompilationSocial Media Team

Peeyush GuptaDesign and Development Coordinator

Release of 15th Edition

MagazineVolume-16 | May2020

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NEW DEVELOPMENTS UNDER ‘NAMAMI GANGE’

Report from NMCG HeadquartersDespite COVID19 Lockdown NMCG continued to engage with its stakeholders and partners at various levels to review progress of projects end effect of lockdown.

Glimpses from the field

Operations at Jagjeetpur STP, Haridwar Work in progress at Lakkar Ghat, Rishikesh

Work in progress at Phaphamau site, Prayagraj Work in progress at Sultanpur, UP

Work in progress at Beur, PatnaWork in progress at Ramnagar, UP

Reports from the fieldNMCG in close association with state government authorities ensured that even during COVID lockdown, operation of STP and work on new projects continued after taking due social distancing precautions.

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Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Hon'ble Jal Shakti Minister chaired a projects review meeting on 12th April 2020 along with senior management of NMCG and state authorities through video conferencing.

Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, DG-NMCG chaired the 27th EC meeting on 16th April 2020 along with senior officials of Central Ministries, Niti Aayog and state authorities. The EC gave revised sanction for big-ticket projects of STP for Agra, Meerut, Lucknow, Ghazipur and others.

Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon'ble Jal Shakti Minister took a review meeting with senior management of NMCG and CPCB on 10th April 2020 to assess the progress made on water quality monitoring mechanism

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GANGA PRAHARI – GUARDIANS OF THE GANGAAn NMCG-WII initiative

Recently, the Ganga Praharis participated in an interactive session large scale and reach out to maximum number of school children with the Hon’ble Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh and foster and train them to contribute in Ganga conservation Sekhawat, Hon’ble Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Rattan Lal efforts. The Hon’ble Minister also emphasized on further Kataria, Shri U.P. Singh, Secretary Jal Shakti Ministry and officials of developing the sustainable livelihood programmes for the Ganga NMCG in a video conferencing held on 21st April, 2020. A total of Praharis.31 Ganga Prahari from 19 districts of the five Ganga states

Shri U.P. Singh, Secretary Jal Shakti Ministry, praised the hard work participated in the meeting. The Hon’ble Minister for Jal Shakti

of the Ganga Praharis and appreciated their confidence, appreciated Dr. Ruchi Badola for bringing up the concept of Ganga dedication and love for their work. He pointed out that the Prahari and successfully developing social leadership at the question of sustainability of the Ganga Prahari Programme has community level. He addressed the Ganga Praharis individually been addressed and can be further sustained by developing and appreciated their contribution for a greater societal wellbeing, linkages with other government initiatives and the National especially in the face of COVID-19 pandemic. He congratulated all Service Scheme (NSS). He also mentioned that there shall be one Ganga Praharis and praised them on their outstanding efforts for a Ganga Prahari in each river-side settlements along the Ganga River. greater social cause. The Hon’ble Minister applauded the efforts Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, DG, NMCG also appreciated the good being taken to train the school children through Bal Ganga Prahari

programme. He emphasized on expanding this programme on a work being done by Ganga Praharis.

Meeting of Ganga Praharis with Hon’ble Jal Shakti Minister

Ganga Praharis participating in Video conferencing with the Hon'ble Minister Jal Shakti

Ganga Praharis in Action on Field

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About Ganga Prahari

To strengthen the efforts for conservation of the ecological integrity of the Ganga River, reduce direct dependency of local communities and mainstream them in the conservation efforts; a motivated and trained cadre of local communities has been created. This cadre is called the “Ganga Praharis” and a total of 1304 Ganga Praharis (UK-96, UP-617, BR-395, JH-103 & WB-93) have been registered, so far.

Community participation through Ganga Praharis program is promoting local pride and evoking a sense of belongingness towards the Ganga River ecosystem. The identified Ganga Praharis have been trained on ecological monitoring, tree plantation techniques, alternate livelihood skill development, community mobilization and village level microplanning exercises. Trained and motivated Ganga Praharis have linked to various governmental and non-governmental agencies, both national and international, working for the Clean Ganga effort. This cadre has been successfully structured for the smooth conduct and monitoring of the activities carried out by Ganga Praharis at the village, block, district, state and national level ensuring the involvement of the District Ganga Committees, SPMGs and NMCG. Ganga Praharis are being given preference to work/assist the field-based survey conducted by WII and other research institutes in the main stem Ganga and now in its tributaries. This trained cadre of Ganga Praharis has been conducting various activities for ensuring protection and conservation of biodiversity along the banks of River Ganga. They are further mobilising the other community members to adopt sustainable practices for resource extraction and ensure cleanliness of the Ganga River.

Taking these efforts further, citizens from 17 countries have joined the Pravasi Ganga Prahari cadre - a platform created for NRI, Foreign Nationals, OCIs and PIOs. To provide training, guidance and support the Ganga Prahari activities, a Ganga Prahari Mentor platform has been created and 261 mentors have registered and to ensure sustainability of this programme Bal Ganga Praharis cadre has been created, under which 64 schools have been identified and more than 9000 school children have been sensitized under 74 programmes so far.

In the current scenario of COVID-19, the Ganga Praharis have been engaged in various activities across the states assisting the district administration in food, hand sanitizers and homemade mask distribution apart from conducting awareness programmes. They have also made short awareness films in their vernacular languages so as to enhance the out reach of the guidelines issued by the GOI.

ARTH GANGAGanga for livelihood opportunities

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Background on Arth Ganga

Implementation Strategy for Arth Ganga

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES OF ARTH GANGA

dependent communities on the model of Ganga Prahari.River Ganga with its intricate system of big and small tributaries is not only a matter of - Site specific strategies to align income generation with conservation priorities.religious significance to millions of Indians but also spawns a huge economy along its - Estuarine flows for protecting estuaries aqua speciesbanks as it is a source of livelihood to millions and millions of people living in its basin. A • Strengthening capacity and public awarenesslarge number of economic activities and employment needs are sustained by the river

- Village Development Committee, Eco-development Committees, Forest Ganga and its surrounding ecology. The Ganga River and its tributaries is the lifeline to Protection Committees, Panchayat Samitis.more than 500 million people residing in the basin (WII-GACMC, 2018). Availability of

- Target universities and research institutions. abundant water, fertile soil and suitable climate in the Ganga basin supports a large agriculture-based population. In 2018-19, nearly 40% of the GDP (at • Promote multi-sectoral coordinationcurrent prices) was attributed to the Ganga River Basin (Central Statistics - Strengthen rural institutions and local governance. Office). Due to the significant role it plays in India’s economic growth, the

- Strengthen dialogue among multiple sectors.Ganga River must be understood as not only a spiritual entity but also an - Leverage knowledge, expertise, reach and resources through Community important economic resource, in order to balance the conservation and

Facility Centres (CFCs).development goals. Global studies and experiences indicate that health of the river in a country is a mirror-image of the economic condition of the vast population inhabiting the basin.

The genesis and theoretical foundation of the Arth Ganga Programme is based on It was against this backdrop that in the first meeting of the National Ganga Council strengthening the three pillars of sustainable development i.e. social, environmental (NGC) held on 14th December 2019 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, the Hon’ble Prime and economic, with respect to the Ganga River, taking into consideration its social, Minister emphasized on augmenting the Ganga conservation efforts, with the religious, cultural and ecological significance. Due to the heavy dependence on the development of local economy. Namami Gange Mission was to take the lead in river for sustenance by local communities, strategies developed will include developing a sustainable and viable economic development framework for the Ganga participation from local communities, including women and marginalised Basin -‘Arth Ganga’ with the aim to integrate people’s participation and economic communities. To ensure efficient planning and decision-making processes and development for Ganga rejuvenation. Hon’ble Prime Minister stated that there are effective implementation and monitoring of the Arth Ganga Programme, it is many stakeholders who have a key role to play in this initiative such as different necessary to institutionalize the concept by eliciting participation from various ministries, government agencies and departments including Agriculture, government and non- government sectors, departments, institutions and Power, Tourism, Energy, Water, AYUSH, Environment, Forest & Climate Change agencies. The ongoing developmental activities being carried out on the banks etc. The budget speech by Honourable Finance Minister on 1st February 2020, of the Ganga River will be monitored and the ecological and economic value of also reiterated the concept of “Arth Ganga”, to energise economic activity the entire Ganga River basin will be assessed. along river banks.

The goals of the programme have been divided into immediate, short and long term. The Arth Ganga Programme aims to garner people’s participation for Ganga These can be achieved through a broad framework which include (a) Identify niche’ conservation by promoting sustainable development, so as to contribute about 3% to products, goods and services that can be produced, delivered and marketed, (b) the GDP from the Ganga basin. The focus areas of intervention will be (a) agriculture, Establishment of production centres by ensuring the provision of required inputs, (c) including horticulture and floriculture, (b) fisheries, (c) tourism and culture, (d) Develop a one common ‘Brand Ganga’ for all the goods, products and services, and (d) handicrafts, including artisans in village subsistence industries, (e) renewable energy, Organize massive digital, print and audio-visual campaigns to build the brand(f) sustainable forestry, and (g) biodiversity and wetland conservation.

The activities under the Arth Ganga Programme will be planned in accordance with To sustainably improve the health of the river and the basin, we must strive to the agro-climatic zones, due to the difference in the socio-resource structure in these substantially improve the economic condition of the vast population of the farmers zones. Focus will be placed on producing goods locally, using locally available and agricultural labourers, industrial workers and artisans, youth and women and resources, in order to strengthen the rural economy. This entails conducting an casual labourers and even presently unemployed people inhabiting the basin. There is assessment of the present status of resource and technology, examination of the local an urgent need to realise the economic potential of the river and the basin, while markets with respect to the goods and services being traded, and exploring possible maintaining or even improving the spirituality of the Ganga and its entire ecosystem green technological interventions, to increase the resource base and efficiency and the landscape and transform the lives of the people of Ganga through the of production, and market innovations that can be undertaken. Participation of Prime Minister’s visionary concept of 'Arth Ganga', i.e. improve the overall local communities can and will be ensured by increasing the stake of local human well-being in Ganga River Basin through sustainable economic communities in the ecological health of the Ganga river and its tributaries. development.

To take this concept forward, NITI Aayog has constituted a Group for Developing the Sustainable Economic Development Model Based on River Ganga, with CEO, NITI Aayog as Chairperson and Secretaries of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of • Strengthen the local economy and human well-being Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare, Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of - Promote sustainable agricultural practices such as organic farming, agroforestry, Power as Members and DG, NMCG as Member-Secretary. The group will reach out and fish farming.to eminent experts and consulting agencies for assisting in the development of

- Promote value added products and skill development for subsistence-based sustainable economic model based on river Ganga.industries (e.g. such as handloom, handicrafts, agarbatti making, etc. from locally sourced products).

- Develop protocol for food processing and regional branding.- Establish market linkages for floricultural, horticultural, and

value-added products. - Enhance local livelihood through eco-tourism and other

innovative interventions.• Enhancing water resource use efficiency

- Promote renewable energy (wind, solar and biogas) for powering agricultural practices, rural households and cottage industries.

- Creating awareness among communities for sustainable resource use.

- Minimize solid waste generation and use of plastics.• Sustainable forestry

- Increase forest cover and green belts around human habitations.- Raising nurseries as a source of saplings. - Plantation drives promoting native species.

• Water Conservation- Restoring water bodies - wetlands, rivers and streams.- Improving watershed management.- Groundwater recharge by increasing riparian forest cover.

• Biodiversity conservation- Biodiversity assessment to identify priority areas. - Habitat improvement for aquatic species by minimising

anthropogenic disturbances in priority areas.- Create a platform for interaction and dialogue with the

Arth Ganga Model

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REJUVENATING GANGA BASIN –

Vaishali : The Nun River flows through the northern region of Patepur Block

The Nun River, which has been quenching the thirst of the earth, has bordering Muzaffarpur, enters Samastipur district via Sukki, Ladho, become much more polluted than before. The river water has Pyarepur, Patepur, Chandpura, Krishnavada, Bahuora. This river is turned completely black. Toxic elements dissolved in water are seasonal. There is plenty of water in this river for 6 months of the proving to be hazardous to the crop, environment. The Nun river, year. Even if the river dries up, it provides moisture and ground originating from the Himalayan range, flows through the southern water in the surrounding fields. The water of the river made it easy boundary of Muzaffarpur and enters Patepur block of Vaishali. The for the farmers to irrigate their fields. Industrial waste, various types Nun River is also one of the tributaries from the Himalayan range. of waste and sewer water is dumped in this river. Due to this, the Starting from Jharokhara Panchayat of Chandpur Fatah of Patepur, water of the river has been polluted to dangerous levels.

Champa River, Bhagalpur District

The Champa river has been a cultural Civilization and historical has started work on the plan. The irrigation department has been heritage of Anga Pradesh. It is planned to revive the watershed to asked to work on it. 50-60 years ago, when the Champa River flowed bring back the Champa River. The Champa river will flow again. The through Kalkal, the people of area were happy. There was enough Champa river will be renovated. A check dam will be constructed on water in the ground. Until the 1970s, the Champa River flowed in its the Chanan River. On the orders of DM, the irrigation department original form.

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Ganga basin characterization Ganga basin is endowed with a large number of rivers, some of them amongst the mightiest in the world. Ganga basin rivers have

Ganga basin spreads over India, Tibet (China), Nepal and a great significance in our socio-cultural and religious ethos and Bangladesh over an area of 10,86,000 Sq.km. In India, it covers have played a vital role in shaping the history and spirituality of states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, West this vast land. Almost all major cities of Ganga basin are located Bengal, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, along the rivers. They are the veritable life-line of India and the Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Delhi draining an area of livelihood of a large population is dependent on our rivers. River 8,61,452 Sq.km which is nearly 26% of the total geographical area basins are ideal units for planning and implementation of water of the country. The basin lies between east longitudes 73°2’ to resources projects. They provide ecologically sound and 89°5’ and north latitudes 21°6’ to 31°21’ having maximum length economically cost effective solutions for development and and width of approx. 1,543 km and 1024 km. The basin is bounded conservation. Basins have defined water boundaries within which by the Himalayas on the north, by the Aravalli on the west, by the there is an interrelationship between the surface and Vindhyas and Chhotanagpur plateau on the south and by the groundwater resources and provide basis for planning overall Brahmaputra Ridge on the east. The major part of basin in Indian development activities. The basin planning also presents territory is covered with agricultural land accounting to 65.57% of comprehensive development possibilities of land and water the total area and 3.47% of the basin is covered by water bodies. resources to meet the anticipated regional and local needs.

Role of Rivulets and small rivers in basin rejuvenation Ganga was brought out during the Workshop on Sensitising the Stakeholders on River Rejuvenation held at Saharanpur for three The ‘Namami Gange’ Programme is a holistic approach to clean river districts namely, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Shamli on Ganga through various activities such as treatment of municipal 20.02.2020. During the Workshop, it was brought out that small sewage, treatment of industrial effluent, river surface cleaning, rural river and streams also play a very vital and important role in river sanitation, afforestation, biodiversity, awareness creation & public rejuvenation and hence there is a need to give focussed attention to outreach etc. this aspect also. Towards this, the first step is to compile database Rejuvenation of Ganga Basin involves rejuvenation of the entire about these small rivers and streams. District would be the suitable system taken as one and includes smaller rivers, streams, wetlands, unit to be considered for compilation of such information. NMCG spring etc. The mission of ensuring Aviral Dhara & Nirmal Dhara is has made an effort to compile statistics on small rivers and rivulets possible only when all the components are considered for suitable

intervention. The role of small rivers and streams in rejuvenation of across five riparian Ganga states.

Measures for rejuvenation of small rivers rivers impact the flows, both quality and quantity of River Ganga.

A number of small streams/ rivers flows in almost every Under Namami Gange programme for integrated rejuvenation and district of Ganga mainstem, which than merges into tributaries of conservation of National River Ganga and its tributaries, large major rivers. These rivers not only augment the flows of

number of smaller tributaries have been mapped along with their major rivers but also fulfil drinking and socio-cultural needs of

catchment area/ watershed and water bodies. A GIS based locality. Often due to encroachment, siltation, degradation of

inventory of small rivers is also being created with additional their watershed, proliferation of point and distributed sources of component in the form of district wise list of small rivers. Majority pollution, solid waste dumping, negligence/ overlooking and a of these small rivers are seasonal rivers and often have been number of other reasons these small rivers have become hydrologically degraded both due to non-availability of flows during polluted and struggle to survive, often, due to lack of flows. With non-monsoon or due to water quality issues. The rejuvenation of right approach and without much capital investment these rivers these rivers is one of the objective of the programme as these small can be revived.

Illustration of few small rivers

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GANGA AAMANTRAN ABHIYAAN -

Hon’ble Union Home Minister with other Dignitaries and the Expedition Team

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Glimpses from the Finale Event

Hon'ble Home Minister at the exhibition Honouring Hon'ble Home Minister Honouring Hon'ble Jal Shakti Minister

Release of Coffee Table Book Presenting memento to Hon'ble Home Minister

Hon'ble Home Minister's address Speech of Hon'ble Jal Shakti Minister

Hon'ble Home Minister presenting mementos to team members

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Shri Amit Shah, Hon’ble Union Home Minister, received the ‘Flag-in’ from Wing Commander Param Vir Singh, the team leader formally closing the 32 day long Ganga Amantaran Abhiyan, the pioneering and historic exploratory open-water rafting and kayaking expedition on the Ganga River on 13th March 2020 at the Convention Hall, The Ashok, Delhi. This momentous occasion was also graced by Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon’ble Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Ratan Lal Kataria, Minister of State, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Shri UP Singh, Secretary, Deptt. of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga and senior officers from various Central and state governments, senior functionaries from the Armed forces and distinguished guests.

The Ganga Amantaran Abhiyan was held between 10th October 2019 to 12th November 2019. It started from Devprayag and after covering the entire stretch of over 2500 kms of the Ganga River, and the five Ganga states including Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal with stops at 34 locations including Rishikesh, Haridwar, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Patna, Sonepur and Kolkata, it culminated at Ganga Sagar in West Bengal. The Hon’ble Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat rafted in the initial stretch of the Abhiyan from Devprayag to Rishikesh and later joined the expedition at Farraka barrage also.

Speaking at the occasion, Shri Amit Shah, Honourable Home Minister said, “I am happy to be present on this momentous occasion. The importance of Ganga cannot be gauged by looking at its length or by the millions of people living on its banks but by its cultural significance and spiritual ethos. Life giving and sustaining, Ganga is inextricably linked with the history and cultural heritage of this country. We look upon Ganga as Maa but have forgotten to take care of our mother and had let conditions deteriorate to the point where people were scared to take a dip in this holy river. But in 2014, when Shri Narendra Modi became Prime Minister, he announced the Namami Gange programme to bring about “Nirmalta and Aviralta” in the holy Ganga. The success of this mission was visible in the Aradh Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj in January 2019, where crores of people from all corners of the country and from many parts of the world happily took a dip in the waters of the Ganga.” The Honorable Home Minister further said, “The Ganga Amantran Abhiyaan was not undertaken only as an adventure but with the focus of creating awareness about Ganga rejuvenation in each village and town along the banks of the River. In fact, the long term success of the Namami Gange programme lies in bringing about realization in the minds of the people, particularly in the youth, about the need to consistently work towards conservation and regeneration of the Ganga.”

Hon’ble Home Minister gave away mementos to the nine-member team of swimmers and rafters from the three Services of the Indian Armed Forces, led by acclaimed international open-water swimmer Wing Commander Param Vir Singh including 3 members from NDRF, 2 members each from the Wildlife of Institute (WII) and CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR).

The first ever effort by NMCG to raft across the entire stretch of the river, this expedition was also the longest ever social campaign undertaken through an adventure sporting activity to spread the message of River Rejuvenation and Water Conservation on an unprecedented scale. The expedition also drew attention to the ecological changes faced by river Ganga. The team from CSIR–Indian Institute of Toxicology Research also collected water samples from across diverse ranges of the river and explained the purpose and process of water testing. Members of the Wildlife Institute of India undertook a study of the status of flora and fauna, which would also aid in the annual census of the status of biodiversity along the Ganga. The expedition successfully connected audiences at two strategic levels i.e. the District Administration in charge of carrying out activities as mandated under the Namami Gange Program and Local MPs, MLAs, Influencers, Social Workers as well as NGOs to take the message of the campaign directly to the public in a very coherent way.

Earlier, Shri Amit Shah, Hon’ble Home Minister on being received by Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon’ble Jal Shakti Minister and senior dignitaries reviewed the Namami Gange Exhibition and took keen interest in the various projects and activities being taken up by National Mission for Clean Ganga for wholesome rejuvenation of river Ganga and its basin. Shri. Amit Shah, Hon’ble Home Minister also released a Coffee Table Book showcasing the Ganga Amantan abhiyan through pictures and other vignettes from the expedition.

THE FINALE

NEHRU YUVA KENDRA SANGATHANYOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME

PHOTO GALLERY OF ACTIVITIES BY NYKS VOLUNTEERS

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PUTTING YOUTH ON FOREFRONT

INITIATIVES OF GANGA-DOOTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

A SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE NYKS TEAM

IS GIVEN BELOW

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

• Plantation of around 1 Lakh Saplings.

Namami Gange approaches Ganga rejuvenation by focusing • Various awareness programmes including cleanliness involvement of youth especially on the banks of the river to drive,nukkad natak,painting competitions had been conducted attain sustainable results. History is witness to young people during Ganga yatra, U.P. having played key roles in powerful social movements, including • Participation of 505 NYKS Youth volunteers during Namami India’s freedom struggle, the women’s rights movement and

Gange activities such as ganga run, ganga Utsav etc. environmental justice amongst others, all of which have

• Participation of 780 NYKS youth in Vishesh Swachhta Abhiyan in transformed the course of human lives. Youth led Development Kanpur which was also visited by Hon’ble Prime Minister. Concept therefore clearly visualizes a development trajectory in Activities such as Oath Taking Ceremony, Swachhta Abhiyan and which youth have to play a major, decisive and central role. Nukkad Natak were undertaken.

National Mission for Clean Ganga and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (an Organization of Deptt. of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports) has partnered through a project In this hour of national crisis owing to COVID- 19 Pandemic, the Youth namely “Involvement of Youth in Namami Gange Programme”. Volunteers of NYKS, Ganga doots are voluntarily contributing in Youth plays a very important role in behavioural change and disseminating awareness on COVID-19 among masses by following also have potential to improve our rivers and environment in direction and advisory of Govt. and Health Dept. These Ganga doots future. Apart from engaging the youth, creating awareness for are also providing support and necessary cooperation to Govt. ganga cleaning, this project aims at building sensitized next Departments and stakeholders in smooth facilitation of generation that cares for our river ecosystem and adapts administrative requirement for the welfare of common people. sustainable lifestyle that is commensurate with the nature.

Under this project 20,000 youths have been deployed, called as Swachhta Doots (Cleanliness Ambassadors), in 29 districts

Uttarakhand: Activities are being conducted in 13 districts of spanning about 2,336 villages along the river in basin states of Uttarakhand. Various initiatives are being taken by the National Youth Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. For the Volunteers of NYKS, Uttarakhand which includes awareness program effective facilitation of designated activities of project, network through interaction with the people, via social media. The youth of 29 district project officers, ganga doots and members of volunteers assisted the elderly & neighbouring households by 2,360 youth clubs are working in tandem with all the stake providing necessary supplies of goods from the market. The NYKS holding Deptts/Agencies and ensuring proper implementation youth volunteers also distributed the mask to the general public and of programmes and activities.also requested them to put the mask on while they are in public place.

Food Distribution campaign was also a major highlight of the program Develop a Cadre of trained and highly motivated local youth to and food items were distributed in every district to the labourers and take up envisaged activities under the project. to the people of other State who were stuck somehow in the state of

Establish an institutional mechanism at different levels of the Uttarakhand. project for support, guidance, transparency, monitoring and Uttar Pradesh: Activities are being conducted in 17 districts of Uttar audit. Pradesh. A total of 180 posters, slogans and awareness messages Sensitize and mobilize support of local youth and villagers were prepared and sent by District Youth Coordinator, Project pertaining to prevention of pollution of river Ganga and Assistant and District Project Officer, through various social networks measures for its conservation. Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram and Mail etc. NYKS volunteer

of this state made a remarkable contribution in not just conducting Generate awareness and educate target audiences about the the awareness activities but also helped the rural poor by distributing consequences and impact of polluted Ganga.free masks and soaps. They are conducting food camps, ration

Provide information on existing government programmes, distribution on regular basis. schemes, and services pertaining to construction of toilets, Bihar: Awareness activities are being conducted in 241 villages of water harvesting, conservation etc. for clean Ganga.Bihar on measures to prevent the spread of Novel Corona Virus.

Masks, biscuits, soaps and rations to 1300 families were also Through this project diverse interactive activities, such as,

distributed. cleanliness drives, plantation drives, motivation for making

West Bengal: Various works including awareness generation in village Open Defecation free, Quiz, cultural performance, reference to corona virus is being conducted in districts of puzzles, Ganga dialogues, collaborative paintings etc. are being Murshidabad, Burdwan, Hooghly and Diamond Harbour of West taken up. Bengal. NYKS team has distributed masks, soap and grocery items in

• In-house orientation for project functionaries.villages with the help of Ganga doots and local administration. Ganga

• environment building and advocacy. doots conducted awareness activities, door to door activities during

• Registration of 47,200 motivated youths through youth which 4000 peoples were sensitized on the precautions to prevent the

clubs. spread of Novel Corona Virus.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

GANGA QUEST 2020

About Ganga Quest

Ganga Quest 2020 is an online quiz on Ganga being conducted by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), along with the Tree Craze Foundation, a not for profit organization working on Ganga, Rivers, and Environment. The second year in running, Ganga Quest engages its audience in a unique manner by holding an online quiz conducted in Hindi and English. While the Ganga Quest 2019 was a pan-India quiz, the 2020 version is open to all participants above the age of 10 from any part of the world.

Apart from engaging the youth, creating awareness and knowledge, Ganga Quest initiative aims at building a sensitized next generation that cares for our river ecosystem and adapts sustainable lifestyles that are commensurate with nature. Thus, the targeted objectives of Ganga Quest are Knowledge Building, Awareness Creation, Attitude Orientation, Knowledge Gap Assessment, and Baseline Determination.

The Ganga Quest 2020 was opened for registration on 7th April, 2020, and the quiz was kicked off on 22nd April, 2020. It will culminate in May, 2020, and the awards for the same will be announced on 5th June, 2020.

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A special drive was conducted in Kanpur jointly by the Ganga Task Force and Ganga Vichar Manch, with local residents and students on 1st March 2020. The purpose was to sensitize the Children and the community on keeping the Ganga clean and healthy.

A workshop on Water Conservation and Rejuvenation of Water bodies & Rivers was held in Meerut on 4th March 2020 which was chaired by Shri U. P. Singh, Secretary DoWR, Ministry of Jal Shakti, in the presence of Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, DG-NMCG and senior officers from Meerut and nearby divisions. The 72 MLD STP functioning was also reviewed during the meeting.

Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, DG-NMCG met Dr Rajiv Kumar, VC - NITI Aayog & Sh. Amitabh Kant, CEO-NITI Aayog & apprised them of the progress made under Namami Gange & sought their guidance on future activities. DG-NMCG also presented them with 'Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan' Coffee Table Book.

Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat made a special appeal on 18th April 2020 to one and all through social media to participate in the online quiz – Ganga Quest launched by NMCG with the aim of spreading awareness about Ganga and the need to keep it clean and healthy. The registrations for the quiz began on 22nd April and a large number of Children and people have already joined.

DG-NMCG, Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, held a meeting on March 2, 2020 with the officers of the Ganga Task Force and officials of NMCG, to discuss the future course of action for operationalizing Ganga Task force at various important sites on Ganga and to scale up the activities of Ganga Task force.

Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, DG – NMCG and other officials of NMCG held a meeting on March 17, 2020 with the officials of the Ministries of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and AYUSH, to review the action plan for next financial year for organic farming, medicinal plantation and integrating with Arth Ganga concept arising out of the 5th ETF meeting and National Ganga Council directions

An exercise was conducted at Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi on March 18, 2020 jointly by NMCG and Rotary Club, India for creating awareness on Corona virus and keeping the surroundings clean. Masks were also distributed during this exercise and a rally was also taken from Rajendra Prasad Ghat to Ahilyabai ghat.

To mark the Global Earth Day Celebrations on 2nd April 2020, 5 Grammy Award winners led by MGIEP's Campaign Ambassador Ricky Kej and an ensemble of 40 stellar musicians came together for an on line Concert for Healthy Planet and rendered a beautiful tribute to river Ganga.

Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, DG-NMCG reviewed the CIFRI project on 24th April 2020 and took stock of the progress on breeding and ranching of Hilsa in the river Ganga. The phase II of the project was also discussed in detail which is aimed at further developing of this unique fish species in Ganga. CIFRI was also asked to develop a census on Fish economy in the Ganga Basin in the context of Arth Ganga to understand the economic benefits accruing to those living on the banks of Ganga.

A review meeting was chaired by Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, DG-NMCG with Shri Rakesh Singh Director NEERI and other officials from both sides to discuss the progress made on the project of identifying Non-putrefying properties in river Ganga. The study is being conducted across the Ganga belt and in association with IIT Rorkee, AIIMS Delhi and other scientific organizations.

National Mission for Clean Ganga Continuous engagements

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GANGA KNOWLEDGE CENTRE - The Knowledge Bank of Ganga Rejuvenation

About Ganga Knowledge Centre

The major objectives of GKC

Outcomes of GKC

Important Activities being taken up as part of Ganga Knowledge Centre

The science of river rejuvenation has evolved in the past few decades owing to consistent research and an enhanced knowledge base. With a constant knowledge flow backing them up - the processes of river rejuvenation & decision making has strengthened by leaps and bounds.

A river basin with the complexity of the Ganga cannot be managed from an environmental view point without the benefit of an adequate knowledge base, analytical tools, targeted research, and awareness building. While understanding the importance of research and knowledge in river sciences, ‘Namami Gange’ – an integrated Ganga Conservation Mission has been continually evolving as an organisation. The NMCG has established Ganga Knowledge Centre (GKC) at New Delhi working towards objective of consistently evolving the knowledge base. GKC is conceptualized as a premiere and autonomous knowledge based institution which will blend system characterization, innovation and stakeholder participation so as to optimize the investments of Namami Gange. The ultimate benefits of the efforts of GKC would lie in the meaningful engagement of all the stakeholders in the conservation of the Ganga river eco system through building a public opinion based on scientific knowledge and by infusion of fresh ideas/innovations including conducting modelling and targeted research to facilitate basin-scale decision-making, mapping the entire basin through a GIS-based mapping system, as well as disseminating knowledge, including through a high-quality web portal.

A host of new research initiatives, capacity building, information collation, and dissemination are the activities being rigorously carried out under the purview of the Ganga Knowledge Centre.

• Create and manage knowledge resources including analysis and modelling of diverse data sets relevant to Ganga River Basin.

• Design and foster research innovation through identification of knowledge gaps, need for new ideas and supporting targeted research.

• Facilitate stakeholder dialogue through public involvement and building partnerships with universities/institutions of national & international repute, public & private entities and NGOs.

• Knowledge based products including publications, online and multimedia products, virtual data bases and E library.

• Customized query management tools.

• Analysis of the proposed investments using the knowledge base and modeling tools.

• Sharing the development vision across agencies.

• Technical support to the social outreach and community participation activities.

• Training and capacity building at all levels.

Cultural Mapping of River Ganga

Capacity Building: Facilitating: Learning and Development

Partnerships and Collaboration with C-Ganga, WWF , WII GIZ, NIUA, SPA & others

Dissemination of Information amongst various quarters through different platform and through events at multiple places

And Quiet Flows the GangaAlone, of all the rivers in the world, Ganga is celebrated for its definitive civilizational attributes. It is a river whose origins are defined not by science but by mythology.But can the objective of Ganga rejuvenation be narrowly defined as a healthy [nirmal] and flowing [aviral] stream of water. No, the fundamental objective is not to demystify the river [that is essential in order to understand it] but to reinforce its sacred mystique so that it continues to command reverence of the people of this country. An example from Sudipta Sen’s recent text ‘Ganga: The Many Pasts of a River’ illustrates how the river has completely dominated the Indian mindscape. It refers to a king named Dindiga (Prithvipati I) of the Ganga Dynasty of Talkad, in present day Mysore, who lived in the 9th century CE. His story is recorded in a copper plate inscription and talks of him being badly wounded in the Battle of Vaimbalguri. Anticipating death but unwilling to lay down arms, and unable to reach the holy waters at such a defining moment, he himself cut-off a piece of his bone and sent off the fragment so that it could “enter the water” of the Ganga. His dynasty had taken its name from the Solar Dynasty of the river, and this self-infliction shows the immense value attached to the expiatory powers of the waters of river Ganga. Since the Vishnu Dharma Shastra in 3rd century CE, Ganga has played a vital role in Hindu rites of passage, birth, initiation, marriage and death. For a river as vast as the Ganga, of such great significance to a civilization’s survival, it is not surprising ancient Indians thought of the river as sacred, a goddess in her own right. For instance, the Padma Purana refers to the centrality of the river in thought and action as :

What need of expensive sacrifices?Or of difficult penances?

Worship Ganga, asking for happinessAnd good fortune,

And she will bring you heavenAnd salvation.

-Padma Purana V. 60. 39Much research is required to fully document the religio-cultural importance of the Ganga to India. A step in this direction has been initiated by the NMCG by sponsoring a project of documenting cultural heritage along the main stem of the river. The project involves listing of architectural heritage, intangible cultural heritage and several facets of natural heritage through 48 districts. The reports would include the cultural events calendar of the district, several GIS maps, an AV film [based on stitching short clips from various districts] and a draft coffee table book.

Some vignettes from the Cultural mapping done so far

Sringaverapura

Ramnagar Fort, Varanasi

Contributed by Shri Manu Bhatnagar,INTACH

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POEMS ON GangaRich is our great Indian Culture,Carving us human being into a beautiful spiritual sculpture,Vibrant teachings to worship River Ganga as Goddess,The blessings of whom, are divine and endless.What a great-great way to exhibit respect,To our Mother Nature, who in all way is perfect.

Every drop flowing in Ganga is Holy,That unites the soul and body wholly.For someone has said-“We are not human being on a spiritual journey,But rather a spiritual being on a human journey.”Hence, after completing the race of life, Some with ease while some with strife,When every human body turns out to be a finisher,At different banks, each soul boards into the flow of this River,To find eternal peace and be spiritually alive.

Being a source of water, She quenches the thirst of many,Also, a habitat for aquatic animals of different diversity,But in the way River and mankind serves each other, lies a big disparity.

Flowing River and Time have something in common,Never taken a halt, but continues on and on,Both can be a gift or a curse,Depending on the respect that we disburse.Rivers are the best offering of Nature,But the greed of mankind, has put them into danger,River instead being valued and honoured,Knowingly-unknowingly are left aside as a stranger.

Can we put back the River into its original form?Can we bring back the required necessary transform?The answer is YES,In the faith to respect them, lies the key.Faith has no limit,And if everyone, with this faith, does “a” bit,The problem that seem to be challenging and timid,Would turn out to be small and minute, Making the River very clean and vivid…

- By Melvin Lakra

A painting by Dr. Sneha Gupta,

Dentist from Gorakhpur, UP.

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She is there for us no matter what, She keeps the aquatic life safe in her belly like mothers, She is a necessity to all She is diverse in many ways and is our symbol to the world. our past has been written on the banks which are still alive. The creator of many rivers, one-of-a-kind,

She is too deep for us to understand that how much she loves us. She is GANGA.

- by Nandini Shukla18

ESTUARINE CROCODILE

Species Richness in Ganga - A Series

Estuarine or Saltwater crocodiles are most commonly found along the east coasts of India to northern Australia, through Southeast Asia along the islands of New Guinea and Indonesia. They are found in the brackish water areas of estuaries and rarely venture into the sea. They are strong swimmers and have a high tolerance for salinity. Adult males can reach up to 6 to 7m in length, while females do not generally exceed 3 m. The head is very large and a pair of ridges run from the eyes along the center of the snout. This crocodile spends most of its time thermogulating to maintain its body temperature. If they become too hot they often go into the water with only their eyes and nostrils showing and stay submerged until they are cooled. They are mound nesters; they create mounds of mangrove plants and mud and nest on it. Its clutch size varies from 20-60 eggs and the incubation period is around 72 days. Estuarine crocodiles are rare in India and smaller populations occur throughout the Sundarbans at the mouth of the Ganga River. Apart from Sundarbans, the largest population of this crocodile is found in the Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha.

Sighting of Crocodile in Ganga Basin

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Crocodylus porosus

VERNACULAR NAME

Kumhir, Kumbhira

IUCN RED LIST Least Concern

INDIAN WILD LIFE

(PROTECTION) ACT, 1972Schedule I

BIOGEOGRAPHIC PROVINCES

East Coast (8B)

IMPORTANT AREAS ALONG THE

GANGA RIVER Mouth of the Ganga River

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Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) entered into a long-term partnership with National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) on 14th September, 2018 for mainstreaming Faecal Sludge & Septage Management in Ganga Basin. The centre was founded in 1980, and is a public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi. CSE researches into, lobbies for and communicates the urgency of development that is both sustainable and equitable. The water programme of CSE has been active in the Ganga Basin in capacitating state and cities in citywide sanitation with special focus on Faecal Sludge & Septage Management (FSSM) for river pollution abatement since 2016. Under this partnership, deep dive support to state functionaries and ULBs is envisaged to plan and implement reforms for achieving effective septage management and city wide sanitation by facilitating the convergence of various national and state policies, plans, programmes and project implementation showcasing improvements across the urban sanitation value chain – containment, emptying, disposal, treatment and reuse/recycle, together with river pollution abatement. In this initiative the capacity of city officials, decision makers and other stakeholders (engineers, planners, practitioners, desludgers, masons etc.) involved in the implementation of city sanitation programme is built through trainings, workshops and exposure visits. Some of them include “International Exposure Visit on Septage and Faecal Sludge Management in Malaysia”, “Training and Exposure Visit for Planning and Implementation of FSSM”, “Training on Emptying and Transportation of Faecal Sludge and Septage” and “Training Programme on Designing Onsite Sanitation Systems”. Until now, 100+ officials have already been trained. To help create enabling environment for effective FSSM following model documents were developed: FSSM by-laws, strategy cum operative guidelines, Co-treatment of faecal sludge in STPs, SANIKIT (a web-based tool for developing CSP and its methodology). A Practitioner Guide on Septage Management was also developed and a study on excreta management of 66 cities of Uttar Pradesh was also done using Shit Flow Diagrams (SFDs). The centre has developed first FSSM lab for developing testing protocols and validation system for wastewater & faecal sludge to ascertain the effectiveness of the treatment, operations & maintenance protocols. Under the first phase of this partnership (2018-21) technical support is being given to Chunar, a small town along the banks of River Ganga, for improving entire FSSM sanitation value chain which also includes implementing a 10 KLD Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant in the city which is the first FSSM project funded under Namami Gange programme and scheduled to be commissioned by July 2020. The intervention is aimed to develop Chunar as a model city to showcase urban sanitation programming at a citywide scale. Meanwhile, trenching site is constructed where desludged Faecal Sludge & Septage (FSS) is being discharged safely, till the time scientifically - designed treatment facility is in place for avoiding indiscriminate dumping of FSS in the environment. The centre is currently engaged with NMCG in analysing the existing sanitation situation of target cities and developing action plan in target cities in Ganga Basin.

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